Talking-machine.



PATENTED JUNE .11, 1907.

E.R.JOHNSON.

TALKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED D110. 8, 1904.

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' ELDRIDGE R. JOHN SON Ol MEHION, PEN l\' SYLVANIA, ASS GNOR TO iC lOll TALKING MACHINE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NICKY JERSEY.

TALKING-MACHINE.

To all wiumiil nut/ ran/warn:

Be it known that l, ELDKIDGE li. Jonxsov, a citizen of the U mted States, and a resident .of Merion, county of Montgomery, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Talkiiig-Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and complete disclosure.

The object of my invention is to provide. a casing or cabinet for talking machines and to arrange the parts thereof in such a manner that there will be no objectionable projections or parts extending from the body of the casing of the machines which would otherwise be liable to become injured or disarranged and also "to arrange said parts in such a manner that the operative mechanism of the talking machine may be entirely inclosed, thereby making the appearance of the apparatus much more pleasing,

of the sounds produced thereby.

It is well known that in some forms and sounds are produced other than the musical sounds produced by the stylus :l'ollowing the groove of the record. Such ()bJOCtLOIlLLblG Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 8,1904. Serial No. 235,921.

and improving the qual ty and. permitting the modification Patented June 1 1 190?.

For a full, clear and exact description of this form of my invention rcl'crcnce may be had to the following specification Hill. to the accompanying drawing forming a part therr-' of in which Figure; 1 represents my improved. talking machine and cabinet therefor, shown in. s tion at its upper portion; Fig. 2 is a front clevation thereof showing the low; r portion of the front of the casing broken away. and .l ig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the sound amplitying portion of the sound conducting tube.

Referring to the drawings, llit numeral 1 indicates a rectangular cabinet or casing, the lower portion of which is preferably i'vided into a number of comparlments or pigeonholes :2, each of which is of such size and.

T the talking machine motor 2;, the reproducing mechanismv 4t and the amphlying portion 5 sounds are usually a scratching produced by I roughnesses in the-record groove and other noises given out by parts of the machine, such as the. motor when the same are movfiy inclosing the entire talking machine, including the sound conducting tube and amplifying horn Within a casing the objectionable sounds above referred to are eliminated and prevented from becoming mixed with the musical sound which it is desired to clearly reproduce. By having the am lifying horn so that it may be can lote y inclosed, vibrations of the walls t ereof are also prevented'from reaching the ear of the listener or audience and only those vibrations which are carried by the air within the amplifying horn are allowed to issue therefrom. The features of my invention re 11- late the quantity and greatly improve. he quality of the reproduction of the sound, and in the case of the reproduction of the human Voice the reproduction is rendered almost perfect, the quality and sweetness of the original tone being completely preserved and unmixed with any extraneous and harsh vibrations.

t I l l l oi the sound comluctingi tube 6. The casing 7 for the motor 3 is preferably suspended from the top 8 of the cabinet 1 and the base plate 9 of the motor 3 preferably rests upon said top 8. The reproducing mechanism i which comprises a pivoted hollow arm 10 having a sound box 11 attached to the outer end thereof is supported by the top 8 and instead of curving upwardly, as in the usual form of talking machines, curves do wuwardly as indicated at 12 and connects with the vertical sound conveying tube 6.- Beneath the motor casing 7' and extending from the back to the front of the cabinet 1 the tapering amplifying portion of the sound conducting tube and the smaller end thereof is connected with the vertical sound conveyingtube 6 in any suitablemannen The front side-13 of the cabinet 1 is hingcdaud.

rovided with a panel 14 in which there may be an openin fcovcred by a fine netting or screen '15. T c front side or door 13 of the cabinet may be swung on its hinges to partly or fully open or close the cabinet, and also the larger end of the amplifying portion of the sound conveying tube. hen partly opened the sounds issuing from the cabinet or annilifying horn will be deflected, the

' 1 table and reproducing ()n the top of the main cabinet 1 I preferably place a secondary casing 16 forming a top compartment which has a pivoted-cover 17 hinged to a fixed horizontal portion 18 of the secondary casing. This pivot d cover is of sufiicient size to allow free access to the turnmochanism and at the same time allows the fixed portion 18 of the secondary casing to form an additional support for the reproducing mechanism. '1 1e winding shaft of the motor preferably extends through the outer main portion of the casing 1 and. terminates in the winding crank 19.

It will thus be seen that l have produced an arrangement of parts in a talkhigmachine, such that thesame are very-i compact, and, therefore occupy less space than heretofore the casing or cabinet is made much more pleasing in ap earance, while at the same time the qua ity of the reproduction is 'greatl improved as has been shown by actu experience and tests. 7

Having thus described my invention it is obvious that changes may be made in the form and arrangement of the parts and me chanical equivalents may be substituted without departin from the s irit and scope of my invention, hot what I c aim and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A talking machine comprising a main casi a movable closure for said casing, a souni reproducer within said main casing, a motor for said reproducer, a sound conveyor extending from said reproducer toward said closure, .and'a/ wall separating said motor from said sound conveyer.-

I 2. A sound reproducing machine comprising a main inclosin cabinet, a sound repro- 'dilcer withinsaid ca duct, 9. motor for said reproducer, an inner motor compartment for said motor, an amplifying horn, a movable closure for said mam cabinet in front of the mouth of said horn, and a sound eonveyin tube connecting said reproducerwith saii horn.

' 3 A sound reproducing machine comprising a main casing, an adjustable closure for said casing, a sound reproduccr within said casing, an inner motor casing, a motor within said casing, a sound conveyor extending from said reproducer toward said closure beneath said motor.

4. A. sound reproducingmachine comprising a soundreproducer inclosed within a main casing, an inner 'motor casing, an am 'ilifying horn beneath said casing, a sound conveyor connecting said reproducer with said amplifying liorn, an adjustable closure in the front of the main casing and in front of the mouth of said horn. I

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sea-roe 5. A sound reproducing machine comprising a main casing, a sound reproducer within said casing, main casing, a motor in said compartment, an amplifying horn, a sound conveyor connecting said reproducer with said amplifying horn, a hin ed door for said main casing in a motor compartment within said front of saii amplifying horn to deflect and the reproduced sound. sound reproducing machine comprls roducer mclosed within a ing a sound re amotor inafin casin an mnermotor casing, within said neath said easin a series of sma compartments for record s below said horn, a sound conveyor connecting said reproducer with said amplifying horn, an adjustable closure casing, an amplifyin horn bein the front of the main casing and in front ,5;

of the mouth of said liorn.

7. A sound reproducing machine comprising a main casing, a removable cover u on said main casing, a sound reproducer wlt 11 said mam casing, a motor compartment within said main casing, a motor wlthin said compartment, an amplifying horn, asound 'conveyer connecting said re reducer with said sound amplifying horn, a '11 ed door in said main casing in the front of said amplify- 9o ing horn to deflect and'modify the 'reproduced sound.

S. A sound reproducing ing a main casing, a soun reproducer within machine compris I said casing, a n'1otor,-an amplifying horn and 9 5 a sound conveyor connectin said reproducer with said am )lifyin horn aii within said casing, a door for sai main casing in frontof said'amplifyin' horn to deflect and modify the re iroduce sound.

9. he combination with a talking machine and an amplifying horn connected thereto, of a casing completely inclosing said talkin machine and horn, and swinging door in saii casing located adjacent the mouth of said horn for modifying the sound emitted from the horn.

10. A sound reproducing machine eo1nprising a main casing, a reproducer inclosed within said main casing, a motor within said main casing, an amplifying horn in said casing, aseries of smal compartments for records below said horn, a sound conveyor connecting said reproducer with said ampli- (if the main casing and in front of the mouth of said horn.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this sixth day of December, A. 1).,

fving horn, an adjustable closure in thefront l r 5 

